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War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza
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War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza

Peter G. Prontzos

This week marks 80 years since the United States used its nuclear weapons against the civilian population of Japan in August 1945. Prior to that, […]

Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

08/08/2025 By The Conversation

Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

08/08/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Only a "For America" PAC Can Stop the Madness

Only a "For America" PAC Can Stop the Madness

I want to follow up today on my postings over the weekend on how organizing to defend progressive congressional representatives and punish reactionary ones is […]

Juan Cole

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Monday Last Day: 2008 Weblog Awards

Monday Last Day: 2008 Weblog Awards

Update: We’re way behind, progressive blogosphere. Today is the last day to make a push. You can vote again if it has been 24 hours. […]

Juan Cole

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Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime

This letter of attorneys and academics appeared in the Times of London on Sunday. I suggest that all bloggers who agree with it just reprint […]

Juan Cole

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Massive Protests in London, Barcelona

Massive Protests in London, Barcelona

Some videoblogging for a snowy Sunday (where I am). Israel renewed its strikes and shelling against targets in densely-populated Gaza on Sunday morning. Some 850 […]

Juan Cole

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Save the Congresspersons, Save the World

Save the Congresspersons, Save the World

Regarding the Congressional resolution on Gaza, The breakdown of the vote is here. (h/t Antiwar.com. You may be looking at an endangered species list.Cont’d . […]

Juan Cole

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On the Uselessness of Street Protest; And the Usefulness of Web 2.0 Lobbying

On the Uselessness of Street Protest; And the Usefulness of Web 2.0 Lobbying

This kind of headline about large street protests against the Israeli attack on Gaza annoys me no end. The mechanisms are well known whereby the […]

Juan Cole

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Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Iran’s PressTv is alleging that its building in Gaza took Israeli fire, wounding two of its employees. An Israeli spokesman denied that the building had […]

Juan Cole

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Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Iran’s PressTv is alleging that its building in Gaza took Israeli fire, wounding two of its employees. An Israeli spokesman denied that the building had […]

Juan Cole

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UN: Ceasefire Call Ignored; The Miseries of Settler Colonialism

UN: Ceasefire Call Ignored; The Miseries of Settler Colonialism

The United Nations has now called for a ceasefire in the Israeli war on Gaza, which is probably a sign that it will wind down […]

Juan Cole

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